Alaine Knipes Parasite Biology Dactylogyrus Monogenea Trematoda Invertebrate

CURRENT:

Postdoctoral Research Associate – September 2010 - present – School of Biological Sciences at the University of Nebraska AND Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Zambia School of Medicine, Lusaka, Zambia.
Advisor: Charles Wood, Nebraska Center for Virology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. in Biology (focus: Parasitology) – Othmer Fellow - August 2010 – University of Nebraska - Lincoln.
Advisor: John Janovy, Jr. of the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

BS in Biology – Commonwealth College Scholar - May 2003 – University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Honors Independent Study Research: Assisted with a Research Department Study of Congestive Heart Failure in the Emergency Department at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Advisor : W. Brian O’Connor of the Univeristy of Massachusetts, Amherst.

BA in French – Commonwealth College Scholar - May 2003 – University of Massachusetts, Amherst
One year of studies at the Université de Paris VII, Jussieu, Paris, France and six month internship at the La Napoule Art Foundation, (La Napoule, France) translating museum literature for guest education and Art Foundation documents for archives. Translations were both from English to French, and French to English. Work at the Foundation in 2003 included representing the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in order to continue relations for the University’s Summer Art Program at the Art Foundation.

GRANTS:

2010: School of Biological Sciences Fund for travel, UNL ($500)
2009: The Marc Dresden Student Travel Grant, The American Society of Parasitologists ($400)
2009: The Sigma Xi Student Travel Grant, University of Nebraska Chapter of Sigma Xi ($150)
2008: Sigma Xi Student Travel Grant, University of Nebraska Chapter of Sigma Xi ($150)
2008: Frank Kestner Memorial Fund for research, UNL ($1500)
2008: Frank Kestner Memorial Fund for travel, UNL ($500)
2008: Marc Dresden Student Travel Grant, The American Society of Parasitologists ($350)
2008: Adrian M. Srb Memorial Fund Award, Cedar Point Biological Station, UNL ($200)
2007: Linder Scholarship Award for research, UNL ($2000)
2007: Adrian M. Srb Memorial Fund Award, Cedar Point Biological Station, UNL ($2,000)
2007: Mary Rogick Scholarship for travel, UNL ($500)
2006: Adrian M. Srb Memorial Fund Award, Cedar Point Biological Station, UNL ($2,000)
2006: Blair Paxton Udale Estate Scholarship Award for research, UNL ($1,500)
2006: Walker Fellowship Award for travel, UNL ($223)
2005 Blair Paxton Udale Estate Scholarship Award for research, UNL ($1,000)
2005 Initiative for Ecological and Evolutionary Analysis Award for travel, UNL ($450)
2005 Othmer Travel Award, School of Biological Sciences Special Funds Grant, UNL ($450)
2005 Marc Dresden Student Travel Grant, The American Society of Parasitologists ($400)

FELLOWSHIP:

2004: Othmer Graduate Fellowship, UNL ($22,500 over 3 years)

AWARDS:

2008: Honorable Mention, Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant
2008: Datus M. Hammond Award for Best Graduate Student Paper. The 39th Annual Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Conference of parasitologists. Ogallala, Nebraska.
2007: Datus M. Hammond Award for Best Graduate Student Paper. The 38th Annual Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Conference of Parasitologists. Denver, Colorado.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

May 2004 to August 2010: I study the parasite community structure in Nebraska minnows, and the role of habitat variability and host dispersal in the determination of the parasite distribution in nature. Due to variation in host specificity and complexity of life cycles among parasites, it is necessary to study a number of different parasites at locations that vary abiotically and biotically, in order to understand the ways in which habitats affect the ability of parasites to distribute in nature. My doctoral research study focuses on communities of parasites (Ph. Platyhelminthes) and their minnow hosts ( Pimephales promelas, Notropis stramineus, and Semotilus atromaculatus) in three converging streams in the Salt Valley watershed of Lancaster County, Nebraska.

September 2007 to present: I have begun construction of a molecular phylogenetic hypothesis for the North American representatives of the globally distributed fish parasite genus Dactylogyrus (Platyhelminthes; Monogenoidea), in an effort to determine the relationships among North American, European and Asian representatives. In addition, my recent molecular work is beginning to provide insight into the processes of parasite speciation and host colonization on local and global scales.

March 2008 & March 2009: I am an ongoing participant as a researcher and teaching assistant in a two-week Neotropical Course and Peruvian Amazon Expedition for high school students in the Peruvian Amazon. I was originally invited to participate in the course as a result of my involvement with the University of Nebraska’s Cedar Point Biological Station. The trip is organized by a former field parasitology student who is on the faculty at The Lawrenceville School (New Jersey). As an invited researcher, I lead students through the collection, dissection and parasite identification of Amazonian fish and invertebrates..

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Parasitology (BIOS 385 Lab), Teaching Assistant: Spring 2010, Spring 2009 & Spring 2008
University of Nebraska - Lincoln at City Campus

Invertebrate Zoology (BIOS 381), Lecturer: Fall 2009 & Fall 2008
University of Nebraska- Lincoln at City Campus

Field Parasitology (BIOS 487/887), Teaching Assistant: Summers 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 & 2005
University of Nebraska- Lincoln at Cedar Point Biological Field Station, Ogallala, Nebraska

Ecology and Evolution (BIOS 207), Teaching Assistant: Summer 2008
University of Nebraska- Lincoln at Cedar Point Biological Field Station, Ogallala, Nebraska

Neotropical Ecology, Peruvian Amazon Expedition, Invited Researcher & Teaching Assistant: March 2009 & 2008
Lawrence Academy (MA) & Lawrenceville School (NJ), in the Peruvian Amazon, Peru.

Invertebrate Zoology (BIOS 381), Teaching Assistant: Fall 2007, Fall 2006 & Spring 2005
University of Nebraska- Lincoln at City Campus

General Biology (BIOS 101 Lab), Teaching Assistant: Spring 2007 & Fall 2004
University of Nebraska - Lincoln at City Campus

Organismal Biology (BIOS 103 Lab), Teaching Assistant: Spring 2006 & Spring 2005
University of Nebraska - Lincoln at City Campus

ADVISING and PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

President - Biology Graduate Student Association, University of Nebraska, Lincoln – 2008-2009

Chair - Planning Committee: 2009 Biology Graduate Student Symposium
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Biology Graduate Student Association Web page maintenance - http://www.biosci.unl.edu/bgsa_new/

Planning Committee: 2009 Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference – 2008
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Planning Committee: Campus-wide Workshop for Graduate Teaching Assistants – 2008
University of Nebraska - Lincoln at City Campus. Lincoln, Nebraska

Design and Implementation of a Research and Teaching Web page – www.alaineknipes.com

Mentor of Undergraduate Research: K. Brotan - Summer 2007; Xiao Bi – Fall 2007, Spring 2008
University of Nebraska - Lincoln at City Campus. Lincoln, Nebraska.

Instructional Para-Professional, Amherst-Pelham Regional School District – October 2003- April 2004
Amherst-Pelham Regional Middle School: Special Education Department, Amherst, Massachusetts.

Peer Academic Advisor, Freshman Summer Orientation, Summer 2001 & Summer 2002
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts.

PUBLICATIONS:

Knipes, A.K. and J. Janovy, Jr. 2009. Community structure and seasonal dynamics of Dactylogyrus spp. (Monogenea) on the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) from the Salt Valley Watershed, Lancaster County, Nebraska. Journal of Parasitology, 95(6): 1295-1305.

Janovy, J. Jr., J. Detwiler, S. Schwank, M.G. Bolek, A.K. Knipes, and G. J. Langford. 2007. New and emended descriptions of gregarines from flour beetles (Tribolium spp. and Palorus subdepressus: Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae). Journal of Parasitology, 93(5): 1155-1170.

Janovy, J. Jr., M. G. Bolek, J. Detwiler, S. Schwank, A.K. Knipes, and G. Langford. 2007. Gregarina niphandrodes (Eugregarinorida: Septatorina): Oocyst Surface Architecture. Journal of Parasitology, 93(3): 714-716.

PUBLICATIONS in PREPARATION from DISSERTATION:

Knipes, A.K. and J. Janovy, Jr. Community Structure and Seasonal Dynamics of Dactylogyrus spp. (Monogenea) in Sand shiners (Notropis stramineus) and Creek Chub (Semotilus atromaculatus) from the Salt Valley Watershed, Lancaster County, Nebraska. To be submitted to the Journal of Parasitology.

INVITED TALKS:

Knipes, A. K. 2008. Parasitology in the Peruvian Amazon: Lessons Learned with American High School Students. The 39th Annual Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Conference of Parasitologists. Ogallala, Nebraska.

Knipes, A. K. 2008. The Scientific Method and the Vocabulary of Research in the Biological Sciences. The McNair Scholars Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Lincoln, Nebraska.

TALKS GIVEN at CONFERENCES and MEETINGS:

Knipes, A. K. and John Janovy Jr. 2009. Assessing Predictability in Parasite Communities: A Multi-year, Multi-site Study of Dactylogyrus spp. on Native North American Cyprinids. The 84th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Parasitologists, Knoxville, Tennessee.

Knipes, A. K. and John Janovy Jr. 2008. Host Specificity and Differential Success of Dactylogyrus spp. (Platyhelminthes, Monogenoidea) in Nebraska Minnows: Local and Global Implications. The 12th Annual Meeting of the New England Association of Parasitologists. Tufts University, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, Massachusetts.

Knipes, A. K. and John Janovy Jr.2008. Host Specificity and Differential Success of Dactylogyrus spp. (Platyhelminthes, Monogenoidea) in Nebraska Minnows: Local and Global Implications. The 39th Annual Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Conference of Parasitologists. Ogallala, Nebraska. ***The 2008 Datus M. Hammond Award for Best Graduate Student Paper.

Knipes, A. K. and John Janovy Jr. 2008. Seasonal Occurrence and Population Structure of Dactylogyrus spp. on Nebraska Minnows. The 83rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Parasitologists, Arlington, Texas.

Knipes, A. K. and John Janovy Jr. 2008. Seasonal Occurrence and Population Structure of Dactylogyrus spp. on Nebraska Minnows. The 41th Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Society of Parasitologists. The University of Oklahoma Biological Station, Lake Texoma, Oklahoma.

Knipes, A. K. and John Janovy Jr. 2008. Consequences of stable small-scale environmental variations in the occurence and distribution of Dactylogyrus spp. (Monogenea; Platyhelminthes) on minnows (Cyprinidae; Leuciscinae). The UNL Biological Graduate Student Association Symposium. Lincoln, Nebraska.

Knipes, A. K. and John Janovy Jr. 2007. Larval Morphology reveals factors determining the distribution of parasites in nature: The case of Dactylogyrus. The 38th Annual Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Conference of Parasitologists. Denver, Colorado.
***The 2007 Datus M. Hammond Award for Best Graduate Student Paper.

Knipes, A. K. and John Janovy Jr. 2007. Factors exerting evolutionary pressures on parasite species in nature: The case of Dactylogyrus - Part Two. The First North American Meeting of American Society of Parasitologists, Sociedad Mexicana de Parasitologia, and Parasitology Section of the Canadian Society of Zoologists. Merida, Mexico.

Knipes, A. K. and John Janovy Jr. 2007. Factors exerting evolutionary pressures on parasite species in nature: The case of Dactylogyrus - Part One. The 40th Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Society of Parasitologists. The University of Oklahoma Biological Station, Lake Texoma, Oklahoma.

Knipes, A. K. 2005. Population structure and recruitment of Monogenea and Trematoda in three cyprinid fish species of the Salt Valley Watershed, Lancaster County, Nebraska: Part Two. The 80th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Parasitologists, Mobile, Alabama.

Knipes, A. K. 2005. Population structure and recruitment of Monogenea and Trematoda in three cyprinid fish species of the Salt Valley Watershed, Lancaster County, Nebraska: Part One. The 38th Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Society of Parasitologists. The University of Oklahoma Biological Station, Lake Texoma, Oklahoma.

GUEST LECTURES:

Knipes, A. K. 2009. At the Aquarium: What You Might Have Missed…but Won’t With an Invertebrate Zoologist as your Guide. Introductory Biology Course(235 students). University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Knipes, A. K. 2009. Dactylogyrus communities on Native North American cyprinids. Field Parasitology Course (18 students). Cedar Point Biological Station, University of Nebraska.

Knipes, A. K. 2008. Parasitology. Ecology and Evolution Course (18 students). Cedar Point Biological Field Station, University of Nebraska.

Knipes, A. K. 2007. Monogenes and other common parasites of Nebraska Fishes. Invertebrate Zoology Course (12 students). University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Knipes, A. K. 2006. Variation in Parasite distribution among three cyprinid fish species in three different stream types. Field Parasitology (20 students). Cedar Point Biological Field Station, University of Nebraska.

Knipes, A. K. 2005. Population structure and recruitment of Monogenea and Trematoda in three cyprinid fish species of the Salt Valley Watershed , Lancaster County, Nebraska: Part Two. Invertebrate Zoology (8 students). University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS:

Knipes, A. K. and John Janovy Jr. 2006. Population structure and recruitment of Monogenea and Trematoda in three cyprinid fish species of the Salt Valley Watershed, Lancaster County, Nebraska: 2004-2005. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 5th Annual Student-Faculty Retreat. Morrill Hall, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Knipes, A. K. and John Janovy Jr. 2005. Population structure and recruitment of Monogenea and Trematoda in three cyprinid fish species of the Salt Valley Watershed, Lancaster County, Nebraska: 2004-2005. Poster. The 7th Annual Workshop for the Initiative in Ecology and Evolutionary Analysis. Lincoln, Nebraska.

TALKS GIVEN AT PUBLIC SEMINARS:

Parasites of the Peruvian Amazon: March 5 – 19, 2009. 2009. Parasitology Seminar, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Predicting speciation patterns in North American Dactylogyrus spp. 2008. Parasitology Seminar, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Seasonal Occurrence and Population structure of Dactylogyrus in Nebraska Minnows. 2008. Parasitology Seminar, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Problems in Monogene Systematics . 2007. Parasitology Seminar, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Assessing Factors Exerting Evolutionary Pressures on Parasite Species in Nature: A Case of Dactylogyrus . 2007. Parasitology Seminar, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.

174 years of Dactylogyrus research: a historical perspective on Dactylogyrus of Cyprinids, with particular reference to the questions being addressed and the conceptual contributions of one and three quarters century of research. 2006. Parasitology Seminar, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska..

Women of Science: The First Two Female Presidents of the American Society of Parasitologists . 2005. Parasitology Seminar, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Parasite Communities as Integrated Systems . 2004. University of Nebraska- Lincoln, Parasitology Seminar, February 2005. Global Change: The Introduction of Species and the Future of Parasites. Parasitology Seminar, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

The American Society of Parasitologists (2004- present)
The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (2005- present)
The Southwestern Association of Parasitologists (2005- present)
The North American Native Fishes Association (2005- present)
The Helminthological Society of Washington (2005- present)
The American Microscopical Society (2006- present)
The Wildlife Disease Association (2006- present)
Rocky Mountain Parasitologists Conference (2007- present)
Sigma Xi (2007- present)
The New England Association of Parasitologists (2008- present)

	If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants. Isaac Newton
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Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
CURRENT: Postdoctoral Research Associate – September 2010 - present – School of Biological Sciences at the University of Nebraska AND Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Zambia School of Medicine, Lusaka, Zambia. Advisor: Charles Wood, Nebraska Center for Virology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. EDUCATION: Ph.D. in Biology (focus: Parasitology) – Othmer Fellow - August 2010 – University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Advisor: John Janovy, Jr. of the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. BS in Biology – Commonwealth College Scholar - May 2003 – University of Massachusetts, Amherst Honors Independent Study Research: Assisted with a Research Department Study of Congestive Heart Failure in the Emergency Department at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts. Advisor : W. Brian O’Connor of the Univeristy of Massachusetts, Amherst. BA in French – Commonwealth College Scholar - May 2003 – University of Massachusetts, Amherst One year of studies at the Université de Paris VII, Jussieu, Paris, France and six month internship at the La Napoule Art Foundation, (La Napoule, France) translating museum literature for guest education and Art Foundation documents for archives. Translations were both from English to French, and French to English. Work at the Foundation in 2003 included representing the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in order to continue relations for the University’s Summer Art Program at the Art Foundation. GRANTS: 2010: School of Biological Sciences Fund for travel, UNL ($500) 2009: The Marc Dresden Student Travel Grant, The American Society of Parasitologists ($400) 2009: The Sigma Xi Student Travel Grant, University of Nebraska Chapter of Sigma Xi ($150) 2008: Sigma Xi Student Travel Grant, University of Nebraska Chapter of Sigma Xi ($150) 2008: Frank Kestner Memorial Fund for research, UNL ($1500) 2008: Frank Kestner Memorial Fund for travel, UNL ($500) 2008: Marc Dresden Student Travel Grant, The American Society of Parasitologists ($350) 2008: Adrian M. Srb Memorial Fund Award, Cedar Point Biological Station, UNL ($200) 2007: Linder Scholarship Award for research, UNL ($2000) 2007: Adrian M. Srb Memorial Fund Award, Cedar Point Biological Station, UNL ($2,000) 2007: Mary Rogick Scholarship for travel, UNL ($500) 2006: Adrian M. Srb Memorial Fund Award, Cedar Point Biological Station, UNL ($2,000) 2006: Blair Paxton Udale Estate Scholarship Award for research, UNL ($1,500) 2006: Walker Fellowship Award for travel, UNL ($223) 2005 Blair Paxton Udale Estate Scholarship Award for research, UNL ($1,000) 2005 Initiative for Ecological and Evolutionary Analysis Award for travel, UNL ($450) 2005 Othmer Travel Award, School of Biological Sciences Special Funds Grant, UNL ($450) 2005 Marc Dresden Student Travel Grant, The American Society of Parasitologists ($400) FELLOWSHIP: 2004: Othmer Graduate Fellowship, UNL ($22,500 over 3 years) AWARDS: 2008: Honorable Mention, Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant 2008: Datus M. Hammond Award for Best Graduate Student Paper. The 39th Annual Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Conference of parasitologists. Ogallala, Nebraska. 2007: Datus M. Hammond Award for Best Graduate Student Paper. The 38th Annual Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Conference of Parasitologists. Denver, Colorado. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE: May 2004 to August 2010: I study the parasite community structure in Nebraska minnows, and the role of habitat variability and host dispersal in the determination of the parasite distribution in nature. Due to variation in host specificity and complexity of life cycles among parasites, it is necessary to study a number of different parasites at locations that vary abiotically and biotically, in order to understand the ways in which habitats affect the ability of parasites to distribute in nature. My doctoral research study focuses on communities of parasites (Ph. Platyhelminthes) and their minnow hosts ( Pimephales promelas, Notropis stramineus, and Semotilus atromaculatus) in three converging streams in the Salt Valley watershed of Lancaster County, Nebraska. September 2007 to present: I have begun construction of a molecular phylogenetic hypothesis for the North American representatives of the globally distributed fish parasite genus Dactylogyrus (Platyhelminthes; Monogenoidea), in an effort to determine the relationships among North American, European and Asian representatives. In addition, my recent molecular work is beginning to provide insight into the processes of parasite speciation and host colonization on local and global scales. March 2008 & March 2009: I am an ongoing participant as a researcher and teaching assistant in a two-week Neotropical Course and Peruvian Amazon Expedition for high school students in the Peruvian Amazon. I was originally invited to participate in the course as a result of my involvement with the University of Nebraska’s Cedar Point Biological Station. The trip is organized by a former field parasitology student who is on the faculty at The Lawrenceville School (New Jersey). As an invited researcher, I lead students through the collection, dissection and parasite identification of Amazonian fish and invertebrates.. TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Parasitology (BIOS 385 Lab), Teaching Assistant: Spring 2010, Spring 2009 & Spring 2008 University of Nebraska - Lincoln at City Campus Invertebrate Zoology (BIOS 381), Lecturer: Fall 2009 & Fall 2008 University of Nebraska- Lincoln at City Campus Field Parasitology (BIOS 487/887), Teaching Assistant: Summers 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 & 2005 University of Nebraska- Lincoln at Cedar Point Biological Field Station, Ogallala, Nebraska Ecology and Evolution (BIOS 207), Teaching Assistant: Summer 2008 University of Nebraska- Lincoln at Cedar Point Biological Field Station, Ogallala, Nebraska Neotropical Ecology, Peruvian Amazon Expedition, Invited Researcher & Teaching Assistant: March 2009 & 2008 Lawrence Academy (MA) & Lawrenceville School (NJ), in the Peruvian Amazon, Peru. Invertebrate Zoology (BIOS 381), Teaching Assistant: Fall 2007, Fall 2006 & Spring 2005 University of Nebraska- Lincoln at City Campus General Biology (BIOS 101 Lab), Teaching Assistant: Spring 2007 & Fall 2004 University of Nebraska - Lincoln at City Campus Organismal Biology (BIOS 103 Lab), Teaching Assistant: Spring 2006 & Spring 2005 University of Nebraska - Lincoln at City Campus ADVISING and PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: President - Biology Graduate Student Association, University of Nebraska, Lincoln – 2008-2009 Chair - Planning Committee: 2009 Biology Graduate Student Symposium University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska. Biology Graduate Student Association Web page maintenance - http://www.biosci.unl.edu/bgsa_new/ Planning Committee: 2009 Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference – 2008 University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska. Planning Committee: Campus-wide Workshop for Graduate Teaching Assistants – 2008 University of Nebraska - Lincoln at City Campus. Lincoln, Nebraska Design and Implementation of a Research and Teaching Web page – www.alaineknipes.com Mentor of Undergraduate Research: K. Brotan - Summer 2007; Xiao Bi – Fall 2007, Spring 2008 University of Nebraska - Lincoln at City Campus. Lincoln, Nebraska. Instructional Para-Professional, Amherst-Pelham Regional School District – October 2003- April 2004 Amherst-Pelham Regional Middle School: Special Education Department, Amherst, Massachusetts. Peer Academic Advisor, Freshman Summer Orientation, Summer 2001 & Summer 2002 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts. *PUBLICATIONS:* Knipes, A.K. and J. Janovy, Jr. 2009. Community structure and seasonal dynamics of Dactylogyrus spp. (Monogenea) on the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) from the Salt Valley Watershed, Lancaster County, Nebraska. Journal of Parasitology, 95(6): 1295-1305. Janovy, J. Jr., J. Detwiler, S. Schwank, M.G. Bolek, A.K. Knipes, and G. J. Langford. 2007. New and emended descriptions of gregarines from flour beetles (Tribolium spp. and Palorus subdepressus: Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae). Journal of Parasitology, 93(5): 1155-1170. Janovy, J. Jr., M. G. Bolek, J. Detwiler, S. Schwank, A.K. Knipes, and G. Langford. 2007. Gregarina niphandrodes (Eugregarinorida: Septatorina): Oocyst Surface Architecture. Journal of Parasitology, 93(3): 714-716. PUBLICATIONS in PREPARATION from DISSERTATION: Knipes, A.K. and J. Janovy, Jr. Community Structure and Seasonal Dynamics of Dactylogyrus spp. (Monogenea) in Sand shiners (Notropis stramineus) and Creek Chub (Semotilus atromaculatus) from the Salt Valley Watershed, Lancaster County, Nebraska. To be submitted to the Journal of Parasitology. INVITED TALKS: Knipes, A. K. 2008. Parasitology in the Peruvian Amazon: Lessons Learned with American High School Students. The 39th Annual Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Conference of Parasitologists. Ogallala, Nebraska. Knipes, A. K. 2008. The Scientific Method and the Vocabulary of Research in the Biological Sciences. The McNair Scholars Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Lincoln, Nebraska. TALKS GIVEN at CONFERENCES and MEETINGS: Knipes, A. K. and John Janovy Jr. 2009. Assessing Predictability in Parasite Communities: A Multi-year, Multi-site Study of Dactylogyrus spp. on Native North American Cyprinids. The 84th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Parasitologists, Knoxville, Tennessee. Knipes, A. K. and John Janovy Jr. 2008. Host Specificity and Differential Success of Dactylogyrus spp. (Platyhelminthes, Monogenoidea) in Nebraska Minnows: Local and Global Implications. The 12th Annual Meeting of the New England Association of Parasitologists. Tufts University, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, Massachusetts. Knipes, A. K. and John Janovy Jr.2008. Host Specificity and Differential Success of Dactylogyrus spp. (Platyhelminthes, Monogenoidea) in Nebraska Minnows: Local and Global Implications. The 39th Annual Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Conference of Parasitologists. Ogallala, Nebraska. *The 2008 Datus M. Hammond Award for Best Graduate Student Paper. Knipes, A. K.** and John Janovy Jr. 2008. Seasonal Occurrence and Population Structure of Dactylogyrus spp. on Nebraska Minnows. The 83rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Parasitologists, Arlington, Texas. Knipes, A. K. and John Janovy Jr. 2008. Seasonal Occurrence and Population Structure of Dactylogyrus spp. on Nebraska Minnows. The 41th Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Society of Parasitologists. The University of Oklahoma Biological Station, Lake Texoma, Oklahoma. Knipes, A. K. and John Janovy Jr. 2008. Consequences of stable small-scale environmental variations in the occurence and distribution of Dactylogyrus spp. (Monogenea; Platyhelminthes) on minnows (Cyprinidae; Leuciscinae). The UNL Biological Graduate Student Association Symposium. Lincoln, Nebraska. Knipes, A. K. and John Janovy Jr. 2007. Larval Morphology reveals factors determining the distribution of parasites in nature: The case of Dactylogyrus. The 38th Annual Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Conference of Parasitologists. Denver, Colorado. *The 2007 Datus M. Hammond Award for Best Graduate Student Paper. Knipes, A. K.** and John Janovy Jr. 2007. Factors exerting evolutionary pressures on parasite species in nature: The case of Dactylogyrus - Part Two. The First North American Meeting of American Society of Parasitologists, Sociedad Mexicana de Parasitologia, and Parasitology Section of the Canadian Society of Zoologists. Merida, Mexico. Knipes, A. K. and John Janovy Jr. 2007. Factors exerting evolutionary pressures on parasite species in nature: The case of Dactylogyrus - Part One. The 40th Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Society of Parasitologists. The University of Oklahoma Biological Station, Lake Texoma, Oklahoma. Knipes, A. K. 2005. Population structure and recruitment of Monogenea and Trematoda in three cyprinid fish species of the Salt Valley Watershed, Lancaster County, Nebraska: Part Two. The 80th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Parasitologists, Mobile, Alabama. Knipes, A. K. 2005. Population structure and recruitment of Monogenea and Trematoda in three cyprinid fish species of the Salt Valley Watershed, Lancaster County, Nebraska: Part One. The 38th Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Society of Parasitologists. The University of Oklahoma Biological Station, Lake Texoma, Oklahoma. GUEST LECTURES: Knipes, A. K. 2009. At the Aquarium: What You Might Have Missed…but Won’t With an Invertebrate Zoologist as your Guide. Introductory Biology Course(235 students). University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska. Knipes, A. K. 2009. Dactylogyrus communities on Native North American cyprinids. Field Parasitology Course (18 students). Cedar Point Biological Station, University of Nebraska. Knipes, A. K. 2008. Parasitology. Ecology and Evolution Course (18 students). Cedar Point Biological Field Station, University of Nebraska. Knipes, A. K. 2007. Monogenes and other common parasites of Nebraska Fishes. Invertebrate Zoology Course (12 students). University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska. Knipes, A. K. 2006. Variation in Parasite distribution among three cyprinid fish species in three different stream types. Field Parasitology (20 students). Cedar Point Biological Field Station, University of Nebraska. Knipes, A. K. 2005. Population structure and recruitment of Monogenea and Trematoda in three cyprinid fish species of the Salt Valley Watershed , Lancaster County, Nebraska: Part Two. Invertebrate Zoology (8 students). University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska. *POSTER PRESENTATIONS:* Knipes, A. K. and John Janovy Jr. 2006. Population structure and recruitment of Monogenea and Trematoda in three cyprinid fish species of the Salt Valley Watershed, Lancaster County, Nebraska: 2004-2005. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 5th Annual Student-Faculty Retreat. Morrill Hall, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska. Knipes, A. K. and John Janovy Jr. 2005. Population structure and recruitment of Monogenea and Trematoda in three cyprinid fish species of the Salt Valley Watershed, Lancaster County, Nebraska: 2004-2005. Poster. The 7th Annual Workshop for the Initiative in Ecology and Evolutionary Analysis. Lincoln, Nebraska. *TALKS GIVEN AT PUBLIC SEMINARS:* Parasites of the Peruvian Amazon: March 5 – 19, 2009. 2009. Parasitology Seminar, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska. Predicting speciation patterns in North American Dactylogyrus spp. 2008. Parasitology Seminar, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska. Seasonal Occurrence and Population structure of Dactylogyrus in Nebraska Minnows. 2008. Parasitology Seminar, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska. Problems in Monogene Systematics . 2007. Parasitology Seminar, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska. Assessing Factors Exerting Evolutionary Pressures on Parasite Species in Nature: A Case of Dactylogyrus . 2007. Parasitology Seminar, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska. 174 years of Dactylogyrus research: a historical perspective on Dactylogyrus of Cyprinids, with particular reference to the questions being addressed and the conceptual contributions of one and three quarters century of research. 2006. Parasitology Seminar, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.. Women of Science: The First Two Female Presidents of the American Society of Parasitologists . 2005. Parasitology Seminar, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska. Parasite Communities as Integrated Systems . 2004. University of Nebraska- Lincoln, Parasitology Seminar, February 2005. Global Change: The Introduction of Species and the Future of Parasites. Parasitology Seminar, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska. PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: The American Society of Parasitologists (2004- present) The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (2005- present) The Southwestern Association of Parasitologists (2005- present) The North American Native Fishes Association (2005- present) The Helminthological Society of Washington (2005- present) The American Microscopical Society (2006- present) The Wildlife Disease Association (2006- present) Rocky Mountain Parasitologists Conference (2007- present) Sigma Xi (2007- present) The New England Association of Parasitologists (2008- present)
Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Alaine Kathryn Knipes, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Associate: School of Biological Sciences at University of Nebraska- Lincoln, AND Department of Biomedical Sciences: University of Zambia School of Medicine, P.O. Box 50110 Lusaka, Zambia. email

Curriculum Vitae (pdf)